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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 561 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  4. 4.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Hindi
  4. Meghaduta
  5. 5
  6. Mowgli
  7. Sanskrit
  8. English
  9. False
  10. True
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. False
  13. Wings of Fire
  14. 18
  15. True
  16. animal stories
  17. Premchand
  18. Tamil
  19. False
  20. Valmiki
  21. True
  22. Thiruvalluvar
  23. Gitanjali
  24. Vishnu Sharma
  25. True
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. English
  28. False
  29. the Ramayana
  30. Alice in Wonderland
  31. False
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Rabindranath Tagore
  36. Tirukkural
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Ved Vyasa

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